Winter Tire Size

[Bonestock'06Mazda3]

I've got family member with some winter tires who is going to let me have them. They were only used one season and are on steel rims. I put them next to the summer tires and they looked to be a little bit lager. They are 215/60R16 will these work on my Mazda3 Sedan? They looked about half an inch bigger and wasn't sure if these would effect anything or rub.

[cwp_sedan]

205/55/16 is the correct tire you should be using. By using those tires your speedo will be off by 5%. So when the speedo says 100 km/h you will actually be traveling 105 km/h.

What were the winter tires/rims used on before?

[Bonestock'06Mazda3]

Didn't have winter tires. Just got the car a few weeks ago and had the stock alloy with all seasons. Other than the speedometer being off would their be any other problems with using them or should I just go get the proper size and not take the risk?

[midnightfxgt]

General Rule of thumb is to stay within 3% of the factory specs.

[cwp_sedan]

Didn't have winter tires. Just got the car a few weeks ago and had the stock alloy with all seasons. Other than the speedometer being off would their be any other problems with using them or should I just go get the proper size and not take the risk?

I meant what vehicle did your family member have when they were using these. Will the rims bolt up properly?

[Bonestock'06Mazda3]

I meant what vehicle did your family member have when they were using these. Will the rims bolt up properly?

Ohh.. I think their off a... Subaru Outback

[Bonestock'06Mazda3]

So other than the speedo being off will these tires still work? or should I just go buy new ones?

[Bonestock'06Mazda3]

Ohh.. I think their off a... Subaru Outback

Sorry I mean Toyota Solara